Francesca Stocco is a PhD researcher at Nottingham Trent University. Her research specialises on the sociology of the art market and investigates the resurgence of textiles and fibre art in the private sector. On the side, she runs the editorial project ‘Filanda n.18’ that explores textiles’ cultural narratives. Prior to her PhD, she worked in marketing for Swarovski in Austria and in management consulting for Innosight in Switzerland. She holds a master’s degree in management from EDHEC Business School, France/Singapore, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Ca’ Foscari, University of Venice, Italy.